To the people who say Kerry will reinstate the draft too....

[ButterflyBlood]

explain why.

For starters, would the Repukes in Congress let him? Of course not, if he were stupid enough to propose on it they would jump against it so they would look like the good guys, and then use it as a wedge issue in 2006 elections, probably guaranteeing them a 1994 landslide. What do they gain by passing it?

Plus, that would also seal his status as a one termer, it almost certainly would guarantee him a primary challenger as well. Who by the way would receive my support, and I will also say that if he was stupid enough to do so I would not vote for him in 2008, and if his Republican challenger were opposed I would consider voting for him.

But still, some of the still-anti-Kerry folks here keep saying the draft will be reinstated under Bush or Kerry, but can't explain what Kerry would gain, or why he would make such a major political blunder.

[bluestateguy]

1. Good points BB

Also, Kerry does not have more wars planned. Bush does.

[coloradodem2005]

2. Besides, Kerry has a better chance of getting the UN to listen to him.

n/t

[Dancing_Dave]

3. They say it because his Iraq policy would REQUIRE it!

O.K., I heard Kerry at the Democratic Convention talking about INCREASING the number of troops we have in Iraq. That would require a draft, and lots of draftable age people are aware of that.

Kerry can only get these young peoples votes by making it clear that his Iraq policy would be different enough from the Bush neo-con policy that a draft would not be needed, and HE NEEDS TO CLEARLY SAY THAT HE OPPOSES RE-INSTATING THE DRAFT.

With the situation in Iraq rapidly deteriorating and the war overwhelmingly unpopular around the planet, there aren't going to be a bunch of new countries that send in troops to replace ours just because Kerry sweat talks 'em in to it. Indeed, the present trend of countries pulling out of the "coalition of the willing" will continue. The populations of these countries are not willing, the war is unpopular all over.

[DaveinMD]

4. no it wouldn't

because Kerry would be able to get more nations to send troops to Iraq because of his willingness to have a multilateral foreign policy.

[kiahzero]

5. Actually, he talked about adding

40,000 troops to the US military, not to the US presence in Iraq.